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August 30, 2013
NCUA files RMBS lawsuit against Morgan Stanley
Sept. 3, 2013 – The NCUA has filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Kansas against Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. and other firms for selling more than $566 million in faulty mortgage-backed securities to now-defunct U.S. Central and WesCorp corporate federal credit unions.
"Firms like Morgan Stanley sold securities that turned out to be faulty, triggering a crisis in the credit union industry that has been extremely expensive to contain and repair, and credit unions are still paying the tab," said NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz in a press statement today. "All the credit unions we supervise and insure are sharing this burden. The people who are accountable, those who precipitated this crisis, should be required to shoulder that burden, as well."
Last week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled with the NCUA in its case against major Wall Street firms that sold residential mortgage-backed securities to corporate credit unions, allowing the agency more time to proceed with the lawsuits.
Earlier this year a Federal District Court judge in Kansas dismissed NCUA's suit seeking recoveries from Barclays Capital, claiming the agency did not file suit in a timely manner. The appeals court ruled that a federal "extender" statute, which allowed NCUA more time to file its lawsuits, does apply in the cases of the agency's claims.
NCUA has filed lawsuits against several other firms – Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities, RBS Securities, UBS Securities, Wachovia, Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns – alleging violations of federal and state securities laws in the sale of mortgage-backed securities to five corporate credit unions.
To date, the agency has settled claims worth more than $335 million with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, HSBC, and Bank of America.
"Firms like Morgan Stanley sold securities that turned out to be faulty, triggering a crisis in the credit union industry that has been extremely expensive to contain and repair, and credit unions are still paying the tab," said NCUA Board Chairman Debbie Matz in a press statement today. "All the credit unions we supervise and insure are sharing this burden. The people who are accountable, those who precipitated this crisis, should be required to shoulder that burden, as well."
Last week, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled with the NCUA in its case against major Wall Street firms that sold residential mortgage-backed securities to corporate credit unions, allowing the agency more time to proceed with the lawsuits.
Earlier this year a Federal District Court judge in Kansas dismissed NCUA's suit seeking recoveries from Barclays Capital, claiming the agency did not file suit in a timely manner. The appeals court ruled that a federal "extender" statute, which allowed NCUA more time to file its lawsuits, does apply in the cases of the agency's claims.
NCUA has filed lawsuits against several other firms – Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan Securities, RBS Securities, UBS Securities, Wachovia, Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns – alleging violations of federal and state securities laws in the sale of mortgage-backed securities to five corporate credit unions.
To date, the agency has settled claims worth more than $335 million with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Securities, HSBC, and Bank of America.
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